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A less-than-flattering portrayal of Aiyawatt & co. But this outlet is apparently known for twisting tales to fit its own agenda - a Thai equivalent of GB News, perhaps? The City owner, whatever troubles he may have in Thailand, will continue to rub shoulders with our own royal elite at polo matches in England.

Forest under Cooper were on course for yet another mediocre Championship season until THAT Cup tie against us. Rodgers and Ward (the keeper that day) really do have a lot to answer for..😡

Except they haven't lost sales. Those who have walked away have all been replaced - presumably by happy-clappies who have no problem with Rudkin and genuinely believe we'll cruise to another instant promotion no matter who the manager is. Fear such folk could be in for a less-than-pleasant surprise..

Indeed. Faes and Vestergaard were found out on a regular basis during the second half of that season. If the manager. whoever he may be, is looking to rely on either or both of them next season, the coming months could be truly gruesome viewing..🤢

Given the number of Saturday lunchtime games we'll have next season, Football Focus won't matter too much to us. Especially now we're back outside the Premier League.

Unless his Spanish is up to scratch, the second option isn't really available to Vardy. But the Mercury told us up to FIFTEEN Premier clubs were in a bidding war for him. The paper couldn't have been telling porkies, could it? 😯

Carrick’s from the same "stable" (others may call it a swamp..😄) as Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville and a certain RVN. So he shouldn't - and won't - be under any consideration whatsoever.

Three of these players, including Daka, have Championship winners' medals (and in Coady's case, two). But Souttar is still several months away from full fitness after a bad injury. So selling him won't be an option for us.

Except Tielemans didn't sign for us until three months AFTER Vichai's death. So it was Aiyawatt (NEVER use the nickname as it gives him a flattery he doesn't deserve) .who signed the cheque to bring him here, just as it was throughout the Rodgers era and under various managers since. In fact he's spent more money during his time in charge than any other chairman in the club's history, Vichai included. But far too much of that "investment" has been on dodgy managers and players, as well as the monumentally ill-judged, ill-timed vanity project at Seagrave. The impact of the "world-leading training complex" on club finances has been clear ever since it opened. Sadly, the quality of the coaches and players using the facility to date has fallen well short of expectations. Perhaps, as two years ago, the incumbent owner can find a hungry, creative and ambitious coach who can transcend (at least for a short while) the underlying toxicity at the club. However the continuing presence of the dead hands of the clearly inadequate Jon Rudkin and Susan Whelan ensures that scenario is highly unlikely. As the head of a young family, Aiyawatt must consider whether he is still able to give City the priority it needs, especially given the ongoing tensions facing his business in Thailand. But he's unlikely to find anyone as willing to pour money into a financial black hole as he has been in recent seasons.

Wasn't aware cave-dwellers could gain access to WiFi.. 😯 But Villa's offer is a matter for their fans to deal with. They're not being forced at gunpoint to attend WSL fixtures.

That article has brought out some Taliban-style types who delight in flaunting their hostility to women's sport in general, and football in particular. But while the England team continues to be widely followed, at club level the game has become stagnant, with Chelsea winning every season, the usual suspects battling for minor places, teams like City content just to stay in the league (reminiscent of the men's teams of past eras) and promoted clubs not able to bridge the gap between the leagues. In short, the WSL has become too predictable and it's not a surprise some are losing interest.

Who had a pop? Trees coming out of the closet? 😄

Because saying some hurty words at a music festival is clearly equivalent to slaughtering 50000+ kids and starving even more..

Last I saw, he was struggling to make the Fenerbahce first team under Mourinho. Probably best to judge how he is in more competitive games, though.

FA Cup winner in his only full season for us. Shouldn't that be positive enough?

Except they weren't rubbish. Soumaré helped Lille win Ligue 1 that season, ahead of PSG. But with Ndidi, Tielemans and Maddison as our midfield, plus Mendy, Choudhury and Pérez in reserve as well as KDH breaking through, did we really need to sign him?

The pandemic - and consequent lack of crowds - meant that 20-21 was slightly abnormal. Rodgers set a record (which still stands!) of the most ever home defeats in a season for a single City manager. Bottling a Champions League spot for the second season in a row after being in the top 4 up until the last 2 games showed the mentality issues within the squad Rodgers was never able to fix. He never really wanted to stay with us more than two seasons anyway.

Even by message board standards, Fighting Cock is off the scale. 😄 There are no circumstances whatsoever where Luis Enrique would quit PSG for a basket case club like Tottenham.

Did you think the Europa League was a "tinpot trophy" when Wolves were contenders for it not so long ago? 😄

As a city leader, Soulsby passed his sell-by date in the last century (when he was actually sacked TWICE!). He has been a blight on the city for generations. 😟 But he actually did the right thing in steering clear of a deal where Leicester would have been stitched up by a Notts/Derby alliance. He could and should be submitting Leicester's own bid for transport cash, including an expansion of bus services (especially on match days) and the building of new rail stations (including one behind the Kop).

If these figures quoted are anywhere near accurate (recent experience, especially with attendances, suggests they should be treated with caution), then the club hierarchy will viewsthem as a massive vote of confidence. Seems the overwhelming majority of Foxes (at least those who go to games) are willing to fork out hundreds of pounds each year for whatever dross is served up in the name of football. It's highly unlikely that the latest stint in the lower leagues will prove to be as brief as the previous one was.

Really? The Championship is full of fading has-been teams (Stoke, Sheffield Wednesday, Derby among others) who thought they'd soon return to the limelight, only to be proved wrong. What makes you so certain we'll dodge that fate?

The same "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" (in reality nothing of the sort) backed by both Israel and the US? They're about as reliable, credible and impartial as "Comical Ali" was for Saddam Hussein.

I had hoped the era of sycophancy towards Mandaric had long since passed, even on here. But I was clearly mistaken.. 😟 But valiant attempts to rewrite history cannot obscure the fact he became - and remains - the only Leicester City owner to take the club to the depths of third-tier football, despite having the biggest transfer budget in the Championship that season. He then struck lucky when Rupert Lowe at Southampton decided to dump the manager who kept his club up at our expense. Even then, less than two years later, he was happy to throw Pearson and co under a bus in order to advance his own financial interests. The most that can be said about the Mandaric episode is that we finished it in the same division that we started it.

That quote isn't mine, so I don't know what on earth you're on about.